 | SOUTH AFRICA [Mfundo Ntsibande] It's an exciting time for radio in SA. With so many radio stations with different value propositions, listeners are spoilt for choice. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Travis Bussiahn] Marissa Mayer is a businessperson I admire greatly. I feel she has a mixed media mindset that sees her understanding that traditional media is as important as new media and I like what she had to say about advertising in the mobile space. (Yes! This article is about radio). |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Attila Bernariusz] The online radio station of the future will not be driven by the whims of a programme director, but by the wisdom of the crowd. Listeners will be able to drive the playlist themselves through their votes, allowing them to discover new songs and get closer to the music. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA  [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Talk Radio 702 has axed Shaka Sisulu after he was appointed to the national task team of the ANCYL, reports Mail & Guardian, and recent actions by Icasa indicate incompetence in the organisation, reports BD Live.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Talifhani Munzhedzi] The troubles at the SABC are well documented. It will be pointless to list them - from board dysfunction to lack of quality programming in both television and radio. One that is rarely spoken about, however, is the role of the broadcaster's regional radio stations. |
| SOUTH AFRICA  [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: IOL reports that editorial control of all talk shows that deal with politics and governance have been subordinated to news and current affairs, apparently to "ensure SABC policies on objectivity, accuracy, fairness, impartiality and balance are adhered to". Meanwhile, the Metro FM show on Mangaung has been aired - with all parties present, reports Mail & Guardian. Not all the listeners were totally won over, it seems.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Seth Rotherham] It has been five months since SA's internet radio industry was rocked by revelations that quoted listenership figures were being incorrectly supplied by a JHB-based service provider. Since then, 2oceansvibe Radio has been hard at work. This is the result. (video) |
| SOUTH AFRICA [Talifhani Munzhedzi] Having been a fan of talk radio for a number of years, what worries me is a lack of women voices - not as presenters, but as contributors to programmes. This is not healthy in a democracy such as ours, which guarantees the freedom of expression |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Charlie Wannell] Radio promotions are a lot more than buying a spot schedule on a local radio station. So what is the art of a tailor-made radio campaign? |
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 | SOUTH AFRICA [Stan Katz] Everybody in the media industry is weeping, wailing and gnashing their teeth about how tough times are. There's no getting away from that, but I'm sad to say that part of the problem is the way in which media is being sold. After 40 years in the business, I will confine my comments to the radio industry. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Matthew Rowles] A couple of weeks ago a handful of my colleagues and I attended the Radio Works conference. As an agency that has a bit of a love affair with radio we attend every year. 2012's format was as compelling as ever but also a shade unnerving. Let me explain. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Richard Hardiman] Some time has passed since the finger-pointings of internet radio's "numbers-gate" (sessions-gate or netdynamix-gate) and the Earth, thankfully, seems to have continued moving in its orbit. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Anthony Duke] In part III of this three-part series on the current state and future challenges of an old medium, I take a look at South African radio's initial overreaction to the web; how radio stations can make use of the opportunities of online and social media; and whether stations can survive without web, audio-visual and text departments. |
| SOUTH AFRICA [Anthony Duke] In this part of the three-part series on the current state and future challenges of an old medium I look at audience targeting; marketing; music; talk; live internet radio; existing FM stations with web streaming; listener-driven radio; social media; the cloud; and positioning (or the lack of need). |
| SOUTH AFRICA [Anthony Duke] Wits Radio Academy, under Prof Franz Kruger, recently held its third Joburg Radio Days conference, looking at the future of radio. This is my contribution: the current state and future challenges of an old medium, adapted into three parts. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA  [Matthew Buckland] All media, online or offline, survive and trade on credibility. Trust is everything and it's possibly more of a factor in a media business than any other type of business. You lose this trust, you close your media business down. Rupert Murdoch closed down one of the largest newspapers in the world when trust was broken. It gets that bad.
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| SOUTH AFRICA [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: On the radio front, the furore over internet radio listenership figures was bad enough, but it was exacerbated by bad PR, according to Mail & Guardian, and according to a CNET report, Facebook's implementation of its new unified email is a mess, with emails being lost. No wonder users are angry. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Chris Moerdyk] It is no surprise that radio's newest debutante has been found to be something of a hooker. The revelation this week that listenership figures provided by NetDynamix to online radio stations such as 2oceansvibe and Ballz, were shown to be incorrect. |
 | SOUTH AFRICA [Genevieve Vieira] Have you ever wondered how certain songs have made their way onto radio? Or why sometimes the worst tracks take precedence over others? Often radio playlists are compiled through a process of intense planning, research and selection. |
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